Student projects continue to serve the function of presenting students with diverse learning experiences and assessing mastery through the creation of a product. Historically, this product may have taken the form of a diorama or tri-fold poster. Digital tools facilitate the creation of rich, interactive online products.
Wikis
Glogs
What?
Easily editable webpages that can include all
sorts of embedded media
Visually appealing multimedia "posters"
Advantages
-Blank canvas that can become almost anything
-Embeds all major video, photo, and social media
widgets
-Have been around long enough for most of the
"kinks" to have been worked out
-Very intuitive controls, students can "figure
it out" by themselves pretty well
-Students can embed images from URLs
-Easy to print/embed/share
Disadvatanges
-Kinda boring to look at, until significant
customization is applied
-Difficult to monitor entire classes of students
-Very limited options for embedding interactive
widgets from most sites
-Sometimes buggy, especially on slower
machines
Wikispaces PBWorks
These are (by far) the two best wiki services for education. Each is constantly adding new features, and they are fairly equal. Both provide ad-free spaces for no charge to teachers.
Edu.Glogster
Register at this site (not the standard site) in order to get an educator account which allows you to create and manage up to 100 student accounts.
Human Body Matchmaking
Portal page for sample project in which students could choose to create either a wiki or a glog.
sorts of embedded media
-Embeds all major video, photo, and social media
widgets
-Have been around long enough for most of the
"kinks" to have been worked out
it out" by themselves pretty well
-Students can embed images from URLs
-Easy to print/embed/share
customization is applied
-Difficult to monitor entire classes of students
widgets from most sites
-Sometimes buggy, especially on slower
machines
Resources
Here are links to the information mentioned in this session.
Wikispaces
PBWorks
These are (by far) the two best wiki services for education. Each is constantly adding new features, and they are fairly equal. Both provide ad-free spaces for no charge to teachers.
Edu.Glogster
Register at this site (not the standard site) in order to get an educator account which allows you to create and manage up to 100 student accounts.
Human Body Matchmaking
Portal page for sample project in which students could choose to create either a wiki or a glog.